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N1A11.6. Cadiz, r Lisbon, 2 Dublin, z Waterford. I. I HE SUN. AC,LEI4 QUIS DICERS YALSUM O.UDEAT L ( N I) 0 N, TIMRSDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1810 Extract ot a Letter from North Yarmouth, dated oa. 1 7 .—" His Majesty's slnor:Thiseis, anchored . in Yarmouth Roads yesterday, with a very fine. French schooner; her prize, which she has captured .her an hr;ur's aFlion, th it was maintained on both sides with the innst determined bravery and sangni .nary consequences. The Frenchman had nine ' killed 'and 18 wo , ntied. The Briseis had four killed and 14 woOnclea., Perhaps in, the annals 'of the whole war, a more desperate, well-fought ataion, be tween two 'vessels ,ofrequal force has not taken: The Fr4nch Captain' was so resolutely bent! on pongue,t or death, that even after the schooner , had stmokher . colours, anti the Briseis's people had boarded, with" a view to tender every assistance 4o ` their vapcnished opponent, he, while lying on. the . )deck, shot-through the knee, - rwi his sword through 2 orie of ehe":l3eSt men belonging to the priseis, and :killed him On the spot i but the carpenter of the Briseis observing theqranlaaion, immediately threw; the French C;ptainOverboar[l• Ie Was, however,. • 'afterwards goatundeservingly saved by Lieutenant .BEN:ruAta, the hUmane.Commander of the .Briseis.' Lieut. - is', Lord GARDNEft'S Flag-Lieute ifatit, and was Briieis, in whose praise -every tongue .14 loud, and for whose interest and rfortime every heart beats high at this .place. He . is L . not - more distinguished by modest unassuming worth than he has proved himself deserving by deteimined , pertevering bravery." The next dispatches from Portugal, which• may - now be hourly expetied, will probably be of great importance, bUt we are not quite so well convinced a► some of our contemporaries, that they will bring • the news of a battle. The difficulties of MASSENA'S -situation are so great, and the defeat which he has -sustained has been so Stvere, that we shall not be Surprid to find tlytt he has abandoned the inten-, `tion ,Of advancing upon Lisbon, and that he has 'beg'in his march towards Oporto, withia view of 'taking , up his winter quarters in the North of Pul - tu-. There weirs to be some misunderstanding .imth regard to the positiOn occopied.by Lord WEL LINGTON, •-hnmejiafely after the action at 13tr , aco. : The main body 'of the Army crossed to the .south-' ward, of the. Mondego ; but there- are abotit i 1,000 • men in 'front of CoiMbra, and it•is understood that t he French will not be qUietlyallowed tither to °a , curly that town or to cross . the lgondego. They • were on the .30th ult. at Avelans, about 20 miles from Coimbra. MASSEI4Ai therefore., has not yet accomplished his objea; on the contrary, he ha s been completely foiled; and should Lord WEL- LfNGTON chose to retire without fighting another battle in this quarter, it will be wholly matter of choice with his Lordship, and certainly not of ne cessity: Upon the whole, our expectation is rather against any serious affair in this position. We have received French Papers to the Dth, from which we have made some extraas relative to the movements of the French and British armies. It. is curious to observe the moderated tore in which the French Papers now speak of the " English army ; they aie no longer the - cowardly Islanders who are tn he driven into the sea by the viaorious legions of France." The French writers now treat our troops with almost as much respea as they receive from the French Generali. Yesterday morning his 'MAJESTY, accompanied by the Princesses AUGUSTA and Sorn lA, with se veral attendants; took an airing on horseback in Windsor Great Park. On account of the affliaed and uncertain state in which the Princess AMELIA has laid for some time, his MAJESTY has declined coming to town, to hold Courts as usual on Wednesday at the Queen's Palace; but the state of the public business not admitting any further delay, a Council was yesterday held at Windsor, which was attended by the Archbishep of CANTERBURY, Marquis WELLESLEY, Earls CAM DEN and Lwenroot., Lord MULGRAVE, Messrs. PERCEVAL, RYDER, &c. Al this meeting (which had not broken up when our express left Windsor), we .understmid the further prorogation of Parliament was _determined on. It is said that the propriety of sending further reintorcbments to Portugal was also - uneler consideration. On Monday night the Princess AMELIA was seized with a violent fit of coughing, which continued for • some. 'time, and was the cause of her Royal High ness being so much worse on Tuesday. She had about two hours steep on Tuesday night, and took corne strengthening refreshment, and appeared much easier in the morning; but, upon the whole, we are sorry to say she was only considered in about the same states as on Tuesday.—The PIUNChI and Duke 'of YORK are rotorucd to Windsor.. . The ,following extrAEls or letters frow Officers of rank in Lord WELLINGTOW.S Ariby will aeqUitint the Public With, many pas tieulars respeciing the movements of the Army, from the 20th to the 30th inclusive : " Convent of Lerida. two leagues from Coimbra, Sept. 20, 1810 "We haie gradually rettred'frOrn Celerico, as the French advanced in, considerable' force against us and as I suppose that Lord Wellington _did not think it prudent to risk a b3ttla s , , far forward, and with only a part of his force, -particularly as the enemy had colletted all 11.5 i force to bear do Ati against bim, viz. the carps of Jutiot, Ney, and lignier. Our cavalry covered our movement to the rear, and have always shewn a great superiority over that of the enemy, who never attempted to'attack it unless sup ported by infantry. " I should suppose from Lord Wellington's movements, that he expe6ted the enemy would have followed pith by the road to the Note delvlarcellO, by Which we retired; but when his , Lordship ascer tained that they had taken the road to Vizeu, which spewed that Coimbra was their object, where they expe6ted, .froni the state of the country, to obtain sufficient supplies for their army, Lord Wellington immediately crossed the Mondego with that part of the army under his immediate command, and placed himself in front of Cohnbra. This 'movement was conducted in the most regular and rapid manner; and completely astonished not only our:owe - art - fly, but also : that of the enemy.. -I believe there was not a man amongst us, except. the very, few wito are in the . secret, who did, not suppose Aber weAvere to full retreat towards, our fortified position -in the neighbourhood of Lisbon. . . " The divi.ions Of: Generals Leith . ,atid- Hill are on their march to loin us:.. They will reael:Les to - morrow , and the two following. days. Wel lington 1r,,c1 ordered them tojoirl,•-when he ascer tained that Regoit-r's corps had formed a junttion with those of jurvit and Ney. , " All .our regular force in this country, excepting the reinforcements, will then be. nearly collected. Our army is in excellent health and spirits, and only anxious fora trial of strength with the enemy. The movement across the Mondego is considered, by our taEtitians, as one of the first rate, be the tesult what _ it may." " BVSACO, SEPT..22.—The head-quarters. have been moved forward to a t conven in the -Sierra de Busaco, and over which Sierra the road from Vizeu, to Coimbra passes, and where the army has taken' ,up an admirable position. Should Massena not choose to fight on such favourable ground,, he will be obliged to make a detour, of some leagues, in or der to get eupun the road leading trom Oporto td Coimbra. It: he does that, it is generally supposed that we cannot remain in our posision, as he will then turn our left flank. BUt I hope we shall be able to and another position tO Cover Coimbra, and at ai) events, not to give it up i.vitliout a* battle." " CoimaitA, Siti.jb.-=—l have: now the satisfac tion of 'informing yon, that We" have :given Mas • ser6 such diessOn 'as he islikele to remember 'for the remainder of his'days: The Gazettes no doubt, will give you the particulars better than I can ;' but - I may-assure you; forthe titno it-lasted, it t% as warm work- iodeecl...--,--and. what.. tnakr4 the yict.ry of greater xonsequence is, that our allies, the Porto. guese, behaved in the most spirited and gallant style. " Massena reconnoitred • 'car • army oq the 26th, and attacked us about six o'clock on the mottling of the 27th, in our position in Sierra de Busaco. We defeated him in a few hour; ; and we offered him battle -again on the 28th, which, however, he de clined, and on that evening put his army in motion, with a view to turn our position. This movement obliged us to breakup that night, and fall back upon Coimbra. It still appears uncertain whether Massena will follow us across the Mondego ; if he does, he will get another drubbing." A mistake has crept into the Gazette account of the battle of Bosaco, by which the well-earned praise, justly intended to be bestowed by the Commander in Chief on the 43d light infantry, has been errone ously attached to the 4,sth regitnent ; as it was the 43d, 52d, 951 h, and 3d cacadores, who repulsed with the bayonet the division of infantry that succeeded in ascending, a part of the Sierra, and not the.4Bth, 52d, 95th, and 3d cacadores; that gallant corps the 48th never having been attached to the light di vision. - , . . THE THEATRE....:IIO-Travdy of Alacteer was' performed last night, at Covent-Garden Theatre, for the first time this season, and Mrs. SIDDONS also made her first appearance for the season in the heroine of the piece. She was received at - her en trance-with the applause due to her - high merits, and this applause, which was warm and universal, was reiterated forstime tin e'. before she spoke. The . same cordial greeting had previously attended K assa la when he came on in the part of iligctet/t. Thof , both performed with their accustomed excellence.- - The only variation we noted was KEttints's manner of addressing the -witches in the pit of Acheron. Hitherto most performers, and he among the rest, entered abruptly and in an imperious tone demanded 'the purpose of their incantation. Last night how ever, he entered with less' eagerness and as if struck with a degree of horror, made his inquiry in a low and solemn manner. This is certainly a very proper new reading, for as Modem must be conscious that he hos no power over supernatural agents, and has indeed a favour to ask of them relative to subsequent events, it is not to be supposed that he could pro voke them by arrogance. The play was brought:for ward in a very magnificent style, much more so, of course, than can be supposed to have existed at the period of its action, but this splendour is a necessary sacrifice to public taste, as well as a due tribute to the high excellence of the drama itself. The ap pearance, however, of four soldiers in the. recess with scanty boughs to Imitate a moving forest was a miserable expedient. Surely something better may be devised as an illustration of the text.--- Cuaar.F.s KEMBLE was well received in illacduil; and he performed it with great spirit and feeling.— The Bridal Ring was repeated, but not without much opposition. A strong majority, however, was in its favour. The house wai crowded from the be ginning. NAVAL _NEWS. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 16.—Arrived the-French brig privateer, Le Contest de illontlire, of 14 guns, and a complement of 58 men, captured on the, 9th insv' after a chase of three hours in a gale, by his Ma- 1 jesty's ship Rhin of 38 guns, Captain MALCOLM ; site is a very fine vessel of , her class, and is nearly new she has captured this cruize the following vessels, viz. the blig Rover frOm London, bound , to Lisbon; the brig Dragon, BUCHAHNAH, Iron] Va-. lencia ; and the Portugueze ship Fama, .from Lis bon,"both bound to London with cargoes; the latter vessel is sent to France, the Dragon haS been since recaptured by the 0. P. privateer, belonging to this port, and arrived atFOwey thet4th instant ; and. the Rover soon after her 'capture was:.. given . up to 'the crew, after being plundered, and a boy taken ` out of her. — Arrived the Sully Ann, - PIMPS,' from London ;, Salistur:y, DAVIDS6N.; Golden ,Fleece, ROUNTitiE ;; Dapline, BROWN ; and Active, LAMB, fruni Sunder-. land ; the, Susannah, froin.Wales ; the May BURI9DRE ; and . Marys, P:URN U)1 ; from Lytnington ; also his Majesty's strip' Cadmus from . . . . . the coast of France.: Came down • the • harbour. and 'anchored in the Sound'llis MajeAty'S ship Fu.diazia. " . Airived, the . Gleaner hired ketch from Lisbon, with dispatches - from. Lord WELLINGTON, which were lamied to the - Westward last Friday, and for wal`ded to Lohdon. FALMOUTH, 5. Arrived his "'Majesty's ship. Fawn . , of 18 guns, from a)cruize ; she captured on Friday last, off the Lizard, the French'schooner priyateer Deinerara, of 6 guns, and 35 men, out three days from: France, and had made no captures. On board the Fawn was Captain GOUBERT; of the 'brig Fortuna, of Cowes, which was captured on the 20th Jialy in her passage from Tarragona ,to Fal- Mouth, by five French privateers, and carried into, St. Lucar. Capt. G. got to; Lisbon and proceeding for England in the Pda - ffix, via) M - erino; sheep, for London!, was-again captured by a French privateer, and carried into Brest;: on the night.of his entering into that harbour he contrived to make. his escape in the boat, and got on board his Ma-, jesty's.ship Northvrnberland off. that Port. Also ar rived his Majesty's`ship Hawk, of t 8 guns, ftotn.off the coast of France, and has captured and sent for Plymouth, two French brigs with timber. His Majesty's brigs Harpy and Firm have detainesi. arid sent in here a Prussian galliot in ballast. pis Majesty's ship President, of 44 guns, sails to morrow 'with sealed dispatches: His Majesty's ship Armide is arrived here and .ap pointed - to take the Milford East India ship - under , Convoy to the Downs. - Sailed this evening his Majesty's schooner Mullet; of 8 guns, with a Mail for Surinam ;'hand the Queen Charlotte packet, MUDGE, with Mails. for Halifax and New- Yolk ; also - his -Majesty's ship Mai tin , of 18 guns - , with the Hope; ORCHARD; the Maria' and Sarah, WEBSTER, for Newfoundland; and the Henry, HEPBURN, for Bermuda. The Prince Adolphus packet, with Mails for the Mediterranean, sails to-morrow. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. t i .—Carrie iii this day his Majesty's ships Gannet and Diana, the former from a cruize and the latter from off Cherbourgh. It has blown this day a very heavy gale of wind from the Westward,. but we have not heard of any injury ,having been sustained in consequence amongst the shipping at Spithead. SHEERNESS, OcT. 17.—Sailed his Majesty's sloop Calliope-for Yarmouth. Came down from Chatham and anchored at the Little Nore his Majesty's ships Ro mulus and Agin court. Sailed his Majesty's ships Partridge and Charger, the former to Yarmouth and the latter to Porsmouth. DEAL, OCT. 17.—Sailed the Pigmy and ACtive cutters, the former for Sheerness, and the latter for off Flushing. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. To the hired armed ship Charles, fir the capture of the capture of the VICAN Christiana, on the 19th inst. at No. 12, Clement's-Inn. Recalled at the same puce. To the Cherokee, for the capture of the Airnable Nelly, on the 19th inst. at No. 23, Norfolk-street, Strand. Recall. cd at the same place on Tuesdays and Fridays, for three months. We have received from Yarmouth the melancholy intelligence of the loss of two large Dantzic ships upon the Whiting, laden with wheat ; one the "'pries, Captain BROCKMAN', of 300 tons ; the other a fine new ship, commanded by Captain JANSAN, also laden with wheat. A galliot was likewise to tally lost upon the Whiting, and all hands perished. Ttie crew of the Apries, on her striking, jumped into the boat, while the Captain and Mate were in the cabin examining the chart. The Mate, upon the ship's striking, ran ,upon deck, and seeing the danger, jumped into the boar, which put off and left the Captaitt on boat c t i se ei ng birnsor abandoned', and the ship going to pieces, go t °P ot! the mast and remained in this perilous situatho ot night. In the morning a boat from the shtir e ,! ) o f off and saved.hiM. We are s orr y to say that on e his , his hands is so dreadfully bruised, .that he .v a r ' nif — g obliged to have one fin ge r am p uta t e d. 'The 1171 . 17 b ut Captain CLAISILTA, was aho on the Whiting, was got off, and put into Harwich,r full of war e i r ,a These ships formed part. of the ;'fret which a rr 4 off Yarmonth !est l'uesday:weet dating the g gi .:(- 04 wind from' the eastward. They made land in afternoon ; night was coming on, it vi ing a gale of wind dead n o o n the land, an d " P a il two pilots to be had-, who had beeiv at %es night.N• .gt • . ' IDIA riousE.—Yesterclay a Court of .a D 4 or 4 was held, when the following Captains were- svi into the Command.ol their respective ships , Dorsetshire, Captain Banwri l ; 'Essex, Captain l' or ; BI :T; Caritber7aqcl; Captain WtucrNsoN, for bay and China ;" Earl of Ale gavanny, C4 : 1 ( l- WonbswoaTx.`, .for China aired. The Ccitir journed at six o'clock till Wednesday next. teks Yegterday 'a ballot Was taken at, the East - - rt . House on the following qu e stio n , whi c h was " i rk ed' by the. scrutineers to h ave b een carr ied in the firmat,ive,iiz. • o f ;et That this, cOu r t confirm the unanimous liteso-ttt "0' the Court of Direelors - of the gth instant, whereby the ail mander.and Ownetsof the Baia are folly acquitted fr e „;", s imputatlon.of negied:or misconduet respect to the I— • , that ship." . • , • The Latona :frigate, lately arrived from Gibraltsn: brought home 160 'Germans and 80 French t° 4 deserterS)from the French armies. On her pas s° f; l a conspiracy was formed among the Freewill-000a, murder the Captain and Officers of the 1 - 61 , ° , 1 ,d 404 carry, the vessel into a French port , ..'„ it, cottimUnicated their design 'to a German stsrqi i e by .whont it was developed and frustrated. Frenchmen were put into confinement duriob remainder of the voyage. . _ — SUN OFFICE, TWO The 14roaon Packet has arrived. She left ' on the Bth instant. 'A vessel bad arrived at thot place from Lisbon, which she left on the 7th. Sli e d in says, that there were'great rejoicings on the - stant; at Lisbon, for a second battle, in whi ch t French were said to have lost 20,000 Men. Wp . giVe this intelligence with hope father rtiO confidence. We .have just received the following from -Windsor The 'Princess AMELIA has had a verY r °tll49 night . , and is much yiorse this morning." t he Sir JAMES SAUNI A RE Z h av i ng cinderstood t" ti a g t • 40 Empress of RUSSIA occasionally bathed near gave orders that no cruiser should approach ,2.5 miles of- that place, a nd wrote th e EtyP re i t s teo that effect. The Emperor of RUSSIA has s vi i " t o Sr JAMES SAUMR AEZ a very complimentary I -, otl the occasion. • ell) * Every British heart seems to be animated bi, r ct) approaching day when o u r t r u ly exce ll en t * l lr will have completed the fiftieth year of- that• which has' throughout been 'characterised bi ; 0 11' ternal affection for his pe o ple, an d a firn2, B : gcb ment to the honour of hi s , country:: ANO: i ; to rl more entitled to the name of P ATRIOT KING./ "'i e to never has recorded, and- he will be an exaul f 410 all future times. No w on d er , t h ere f or e, t h°. / ensuing iinniversary should be considered as a val of the most interesting kind, by every to le ton and every good mat). tio d. Major 'NAPIER, srith regiment, is severely °op' ed in the face, but we are happy to hear O r i , ( 1:11 gerouslY ; he wrote to his family on the four'" after the a6lion. 0 1 ' 3 Accounts from Copenhagen, dated Sept. 69, r deo that—" His Majesty the King has issued lii 4 ,'' rv ci• that his Royal Highness the Prince of Ponte !if in his passage through this kingdom to Swe-cl, s ;il well as the whole of his suite, s h a ll b e treaty ;0 51 , the utmost resped and attention. On the Bth it was reported at Tramsal that three cutter had made 14 English ships prizes." tre' . Miss WADDY, late of Covent-garden e° ;6l' who had retired f rom th e stage,-has felt th e t a r' pulse again too strongly to be res i ste d, and aPr o irf ed last week at the Nottin g h am Th ea t r e, in th e l of Emma, in The Birth-D a y, w hi c h s he per for m d with merited applause at Covent-garden Th eatrei,), It, has . been erroneously stated in a Moroii i i,oli per, that Mr. Twiss, of Sloane-street, whoc`;;elli we mentioned yesterday; was Mr. Twins' known for" his Travels in Portugal and Sp3ilii iit ter more particularly for those in Ireland. Th e: r o Gentleman is alive, and still e mpl o y e d in " 1- s iii4 pursuits.—The same paper is mi sta k en in soPP, - , vl that the /alter Mr. Twiss was married to a jti lp Mr. KEMBLE. It was a younger brOther. of t i i. ) ; A CS TWISS who marri e d Miss F. K EMBLE . Mr. 1 1° ' d fof Twrss, a young Gentleman deservedly esteerfl e niis ef his literary talents, and character, and who P r % Of to be an ornament' to the Bar, is the olfsPrin° that union. fr i e s WHALE F E ISHRIES. ---- . Thirty-four vesse. s her ie' , the port of Hull, wer e eng age d' in these f157;v61 the late season., The total n u m b er o f fish , was 448--uio tons of fins-1 ;37 butts of blip-- I,e.- and 5120 tons of oil. polt e SUICrDE.—A Mrs. Bottam, a laundres, in-, eo ce ney-court, St. James's, put a p erio d t o her yesterday, by swallowing a portion of atsettic.b cient . to have destroyed twenty persons. A man and his wife, who were lett in the 7 3 d a gentleman's house in Mary-l e -b on e, clisP °s- (te the greater part of the property at different I J- ta cit brokers'; and on the man being taken into C /j5 O yesterday, no less than one hundred and ninety duplicates were found in his possession. pot, The house-breakers have unmenced the o' t pel turnal depredations for the winter. Last Yes r c boe confined themselves, in a great measure tO trig of the woollen•drapers tnev now ciirtlaw 4ir. lion to the .;lve, smith; and jewellers,. --~: xE wm eepstal 44 ci 3 . wi tibe C dr ` ry 81 '4E4 Si r ro 1) • St. 1 na u F t tril 1l be _. ot b , .trathe' cpk